#FA8A72#FA8A72

#FA8A72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.141 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8A72
RGB	rgb(250, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(11, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 40.22, 31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 51.22, 38.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% 0.1182 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.141 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5538, 39.7212, 20.8683)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA8A72 #72E2FA

analogous

#FA729E #FA8A72 #FACE72

triadic

#FA8A72 #72FA8A #8A72FA

tetradic

#FA8A72 #9EFA72 #72E2FA #CE72FA

square

#FA8A72 #9EFA72 #72E2FA #CE72FA

split-complementary

#FA8A72 #72FACE #729EFA

monochromatic

#E93008 #F85937 #FA8A72 #FCBBAD #FEE6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#FA8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#FA8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8A72

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8A72	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.141 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae9b',
    500: '#fa8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8a72;
$custom-light: #ffae9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7503,
    "c": 0.14126,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8A72

secondary

#D2EFF6

accent

#BDE600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8A72

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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